Posts with the tag: eternal life

SATAN’S FIRST LIE: Unredeemed People Have Immortal Souls

You can search in vain all you want, but you’ll find no passage in the Bible saying that human beings possess immortality apart from redemption in Christ. The Bible teaches that God alone has immortality in the absolute sense (1 Timothy 6:16) and he offers it to people only through the gospel: … Christ Jesus, […]

Did Christ Advocate Self-Amputation in Mark 9:43-47?

Let’s read the passage in question: 43“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. [44] b 45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to […]

What Couldn’t Jesus Tell the Disciples Because They Couldn’t BEAR IT?

The Lord made this interesting statement to His disciples: 12“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will […]

Did the Crucified Thief Go to Paradise THAT DAY?

When the Messiah was crucified, two thieves were crucified simultaneously with him: One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we […]

What Is the Significance of 153 FISH in John 21:11?

Let’s read the full passage in question: 1Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. a It happened this way: 2Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3“I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll […]

How You Can KNOW You Are Saved

For anyone struggling with assurance of salvation, here are a few relevant passages from God’s Word that will help: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, […]

Being an Heir to the Kingdom of God, Inheriting It and Seeing It

The question we want to answer is this: What is the difference between being an heir to the kingdom of God, entering it and seeing it? The ‘kingdom of God’ literally refers to “the rule of the LORD” or “spiritual reign of God” (and is synonymous with the kingdom of Heaven). This could apply to the […]

MANNA Was a Shadow of the BREAD FROM HEAVEN, Jesus Christ

After the Hebrews escaped from slavery in Egypt circa 1446 BC, they wandered in the desert wilderness of the Sinai Peninsula for 40 years before making it to their earthly “promised land,” Canaan, which became Israel. Since there were 603,550 fighting men over the the age of 20 (Numbers 1:46), this places the total number […]

How Big Will the NEW JERUSALEM Be on the New Earth?

– We’ve all heard about the gates of Heaven referred to as “the pearly gates,” yet in the Bible this is actually a description of the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem, a very large city that is presently in the spiritual realm of God, aka Heaven (Revelation 21:21). Guess what ultimately happens to this […]

Was There a “Talking Snake” in Genesis 3?

Unbelievers, and especially militant atheists, are known to ask this question for the purpose of mocking the Bible’s depiction of events in the Garden of Eden just before the fall of humanity. The scenario takes place in Genesis 3, but the creature wasn’t a snake in the sense that we understand the reptile. It […]

The Five Earths of the Bible (and the Eight Ages)

The Bible reveals five versions of the Earth through the ages with eight ages altogether. Find out what the Bible says on this fascinating topic.

The Believer’s INTERMEDIATE STATE (Between Physical Death and Bodily Resurrection)

What does the spiritually-regenerated believer experience after physical decease and before bodily resurrection? In this article we will examine the Scriptures concerning the believer’s “intermediate state” between physical death and bodily resurrection.